Cash and parcel carrier



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' CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.

No. 381,127. Patented Apr..17, 11888,

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% UNITED, STATE v GEORGE E. GREEN, OE KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoE OF TWO-THIRDSE TO OLIVER S. KELLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. V t

, CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,127, dated April 17', race. c g I Application filed October 1, 188 7. Serial No. 251,227. (No modeLl T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRGE F. GREEN, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Oash'a'nd Parcel Cars for Use in Stores and'I do hereby declare that the following is a full and accurate descriptionofthesame.

a' perspective view of a part of my car, showing the invention. tion of the arrester.

A is the car, andB B are the rails on which The bumper-rod- C is mounted on the car and projects rigidly from its end. The upper side of saidrod is provided with ratchet-teeth d. r I E is-a spring-case permanently mounted a the termination of the track over or in front of the cashiers desk. It ismounted in axial line with the rod 0, so that as the car advances it will enterthe open end of said case. F is a spring inclosed in the caseE, andg is a spring head or piston which slides ,freely within the case E and compresses the spring when pushed inward.

'When'the car approaches the termination of its course, the end of the rod 0 enters the open end of the case E, and, striking the piston g, forces the spring back until its elastic resistance overcomes the momentum of the Fig. 2 is a longitudinal seccar and brings it to rest. If not restrained, the elasticity of the spring will immediately 0- reverse the movement of the car and start'it on its backward course. 'This is the efl'ect' at the termination of the-track most distant from the cashiers desk. Atthe cashiersdesk, howr ever, it is desired, thatthe car shall be arrested '45 and held during pleasure. I therefore provide apawl, H, which is pivoted to a fixed sup-- port. It drops into one of the notches d and holds the rod 0 and the car at its most advanced position, with the spring compressed, until released by raisingsaid pawl out .of. the notch in whichit is resting, which'may be done i by means of a lever, h, and rock-shaft i, accessible to the hand of the cashier. Immedia ately upon suchrelease the spring will expand and expel the bumper-rod from the case and overcome the inertia of the car by the power stored up in the spring atthe time the car was arrested. This insures the'prompt starting of the car independent'of the electrical motor.

Having described myimprovement, Iclaini- ,1. The combination, with the car A, having a ratchet, of the spring-case E, the inclosed spring F, the piston y, and a pawl-m ountedat' fthe station, adapted to engage said ratchet,

substantially as described.

2. The car A, provided with the front pro-.

jecting bnmperrod, 0, having the ratchet-serrations d, combined with the fixed spring case E, spring F, piston g, and pawl H, pivoted to a fixed support, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE F. GREEN.- WVitnesses: E

ED. 0. PARSON-SL BEA H A. HALL. 

